Theres already a lot of videos of people infinitly rerolling enchantments and infusions for perfect gear and using cheat trainers, I think save file manipulation is also a big issue to be fixed asap if you want a fair multiplayer experience.
I think while its still early you should change the way you handle save files and find ways to prevent cheating and do a clean wipe before you release the multiplayer because these issues are only going to get worse and the people who have been cheating will have a huge advantage if you release the multiplayer first.
If we only have these first three areas to explore i personally donât think playing it as a group is what the game needs right now, plus the amount of balancing work that you will need to do if you open the arena pvp or invasions will be a lot.
I think one of the main reason souls games stay alive and are loved for so long is the multiplayer community, assisting players, dueling, bosses, invasions. All of this needs to be fair and it needs to be sorted before you release it and itâs important to get this right.
Personally I think the main focus should be releasing the new areas and continuing the story and content whilst the multiplayer is made sure to be fair and performance/QoL is optimized.
Hopefully you already know this issue, nobody wants an unfair multiplayer game and the way this game is going i think this is going to be one of my favourite games of all time and this is my only concern, in all other aspects i think your hard work has paid off and your vision is perfect and you should stick to it, if you try to please too many people youâll end up pleasing nobody, not even yourself.